iPad stuck on "sign into iCloud" pop up

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Coley1991 Author

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iPad stuck on "sign into iCloud" pop up

Hey everybody,

I have searched online for the past 2 hours trying to sort this, and before I launch my iPad across the room, I thought I would take a shot at enquiring in here to see if anyone can help me.

I turned my iPad on today for the first time since moving house. Upon turning on I was greeted with something along the lines of "iPad has not been backed up in 3 weeks, sign in to back up now". So, I enter my password and it says it's incorrect. There is an option to reset it, which I click, but I cannot get on the internet as I'm yet to connect to the wifi. I cancel the dialog box and am now being continually harassed by "sign into iCloud". By the time I cancel one, another appears!

As I've just moved home I can't even connect to the wifi through these bloody pop ups. Nor do I longer have a laptop to plug it into and use to access iTunes; it has all be set up over wifi.

I have tried the reset (holding down home and power button) to no avail, and obviously Apple advisors are not available at this hour.

I am seriously losing patience and I'm really hoping someone here can help me :(.

Many thanks in advance ! X

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Posted on Jan 12, 2014 3:18 PM

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dragonflieseyes

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Jul 14, 2014 6:27 PM in response to Coley1991

If you are able to lose you data, you can restore to factory settings by using the hardware buttons. Hold down the top button and then after a few moments, at the same time hold down the home button. After a moment, let go of the top button. And then your device will be in recovery mode and you will have the option to restore it to factory settings.

Good luck.

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Skydiver119

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Jul 14, 2014 6:33 PM in response to Coley1991

Dragonfly

You're responding to a thread that's over 6 months old.

this new forum style has a bad habit of bringing up old threads so it's always good to look at the date of the posts.

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Jul 14, 2014 8:29 PM in response to Skydiver119

Dear Sky,
I did consider that before posting. My mom was having this exact same issue today. This post came up on my google search when I was searching for solutions. Coley1991 describes the issue very well. I noticed that no solution was ever posted and that 84 other people in the last 6months have had this issue. Therefore I decided to post a solution for the record... for the archives...for the future poor souls who fall into this aggravating iCloud/wifi/apple ID log in trap and are a hair away from smashing their device on a rock out of frustration. I hope it helps.

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